I dunno… That already raised the hair bar pretty high for Jackman.

Great blurb for the Criterion Magnificent Ambersons re-release!

I worked in New York for many years, and on the numerous occasions I saw disturbances on the streets — fights or accidents — there never seemed to be a shortage of curious onlookers, would-be helpers, etc. They were far more interested and involved than I was in what was going on in their city. Indifferent they were…

I worked in New York for many years, and on the numerous occasions I saw disturbances on the streets — fights or accidents — there never seemed to be a shortage of curious onlookers, would-be helpers, etc. They were far more interested and involved than I was in what was going on in their city. Indifferent they were…

Indeed. I look in our old family photo albums at relatives in their 50s when the photos were taken in the 1930s, and they could easily pass for 70. I picked up an early 1900s yearbook at a local estate sale, and all the kids looked like they were in their 20s or 30s, just like some recent TV sitcom, but for the…

Or maybe only if you are…

It actually seems like kind of a stretch to call this "returning to the franchise" given that his only involvement in any film since the first was apparently with an early draft of the first sequel's screenplay. This is kind of like a resurrected Tod Browning "returning" to the Dracula franchise.

This is actually the 107th episode aired, but it’s the 100th going by production codes.

The "Bart's birth certificate" gag was made by the proud grin on Homer's face as the lawyer explained it. I give that a little quality plus for this episode, at least.

Apparently that crippling inflation of Confederate currency was accelerated by the efforts of a Philadelphia shopkeeper:
http://mentalfloss.com/arti…

In other words… "Yes. I am a real horse".

Agreed, though it was made in a time when such things were played as straightforward, firm-jawed heroism. The late '70s "prequel" Zulu Dawn might be a better, bleaker parallel to zombie movies and Precinct 13.

Don't Blackhawk Down and the recent 13 Hours sort of match that description?

I wish I could get her to be my news source, but she won't give me the time of day…

You're thinking of The Nude Bomb. Naked Bomb is the Police Squad/Get Smart crossover we'll never have until they perfect holodecks.

Also yet to be determined is if the film will update its setting from the 17th century to the present day.

Well, McEnroe himself isn't getting any younger. Someone's got to take over.

Hey, where is Dikachu anyway…

I think he's either hiding out in Argentina or Neu Schwabenland.

At least for opening weekend. And then their outrage over that deceptive marketing becomes free publicity for the film going forward. I hesitate to infer that studio marketing people might be fiendishly clever, but…